Women’s Studies and Gender Studies are complementary interdisciplinary fields whose research, scholarship, and creative activities examine women’s lives, conditions and contributions within their historical, social, cultural, national and transnational contexts and explore how gender is constructed and negotiated within and across societies. By crossing the boundaries of traditional fields of study, the program seeks to create new, coherent understandings of human experiences.

The program’s curriculum examines women’s and men’s identities and experiences through the constructs of gender, race, class, sexuality, age, ability, culture, religion, nation etc., within broader historical, social and global contexts, such as colonialism and globalization, among others. Through feminist and gender-based theories and methodologies, the Women’s and Gender Studies Program offers critical analyses, reflections, and contributions to knowledge regarding interlocking systems of oppression and privilege, thereby addressing issues of power, resistance and social transformation.

The Women’s and Gender Studies Program at DePaul University offers an undergraduate major and minor, a Master of Arts (MA) Graduate Program, a graduate level concentration available through the Master’s of Arts in Liberal Studies program, and a four course Graduate Certificate Program. A high percentage of Women’s and Gender Studies’ undergraduate students double major in other academic departments or programs.

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